Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi apparently has new prospects for ending the war. Image: www.imago-images.de
May 1, 2026, 4:50 p.mMay 1, 2026, 4:50 p.m
After stalled negotiations between the USA and Iran, Tehran has handed over a new proposal to mediators in Pakistan, according to the state news agency Irna. The agency referred to its own reports. Iran’s state-run television station Irib reported that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had informed his counterparts in the region in several phone calls about “new initiatives related to ending the war.”
Ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Azerbaijan are among the notified counterparts. According to Iranian information, Araghchi had previously spoken on the phone to the EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in the morning. There was initially no confirmation from Pakistan regarding the handover of the new proposal. Nothing was known about the content of the new initiative.
In recent weeks, talks between Washington and Tehran have stalled. A ceasefire, which Trump extended unilaterally and without a time limit, still applies. (sda/dpa)